Apparatus for removing materials from boats, &amp;c.



No. 707,49I. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

A. M. ACKLIN.

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(Application filed Mar. 17, 1902.)

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ALFRED M. ACKLIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR REMOVRNG MAT EMAILS ll-l l filhy'l BOATS, 8M3.

SPJEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 07,491, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed March 1'7, 1902- Serial No. 931622. (No model.)

To all whom it rim y concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ACKLIN, a residentof Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Ap paratus for Removing Materials from Boats, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to an apparatus for handling materials in boats, and has special reference to such an apparatus in which a bucket is used for gathering ore or other materials and removing them from the holds of boats or from other storage-spaces.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple apparatus which can be easily and quickly operated so that the bucket can be lowered in the hold of a boat to gather the material therein and be removed therefrom to discharge the material from said bucket, as well as to provide such an apparatus whereby practically all the material within the hold of the boat can be gathered, removed, and discharged.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a device for collecting the material from the sides of the boat-hold toward the center of the same to be gathered by the bucket and all these objects sought to be attained without the employment of manual labor to collect such material or fill such bucket.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement,construction,andcombination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use my improved apparatus for handling materials in boats, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a cross-section of the boat, showing my improved apparatus for handling the materials therein applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end View of the boom and the frame employed forhandling the bucket to be used. Fig. 3 is a modified form of such frame, and Fig. 4: is a view of another form of my invention.

Like characters herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

As illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 represents 'a runway or boom which is connected to a suitable tower (not shown) located on the shore, dock, or other point desired, and a trolley 2 f0 r carrying the swinging frame A travels on tracks 3 on said boom 1 by means of its wheels a and-is provided with a frame 5, within which the wheels 4 are mounted. A rope or cable 6 is connected at each end of the trolley-frame 5, so as to pass around a sheave 6 on the outer end 1 of the boom 1 and around a suitable drum on the tower, (not shown,) which drum can be operated by any suitable engine or motor on the tower. Supported within and by the trolley-frame 5 is the swinging frame A, which has an upright member 7, extending up on each side of the frame 5 and is adapted to come in contact with the curved blocks 5 in said frame 5 during the swinging of the same in operating. Sheaves S) are mounted on each of the up right members 7 of the frame A, around which pass the cables 10 and which also pass over sheaves. 11 on the trolley-frame 5, these cables 10 being secured at one of their ends to a post 11 on the outer end 1 of the boom 1, while their opposite ends pass around suitable drums on the tower (not shown) and operated by any suitable engine or motor on the boom or tower. Thelower end of the upright members 7 are curved, as at 12, to form the crescent-shaped portion 13 thereon, and within the curved end 12 are the curved slots 1st, which are formed above the crescent-shaped portions 13 and on each side of the same and terminate in the curved projections lat. Traveling on tracks 15 on the boom 1 below the tracks 3 is the trolley 16 for carrying the bucket B, and this trolley 16 is provided with a frame 17, within which are the wheels 18 for engaging with the tracks 15.. A rope or. cable 19 is connected at each end of the trolley-frame 17, so as to pass around a sheave 19 on the outer end 1 of the boom 1 and around 'a suitable drum on the tower, (not Sl10W11,) which drum can be operated by any suitable engine or motor on the boom or tower. Mounted within the trolley-frame 17 are the sheaves 20, over which passes the bucket-cable 21 and which is also adapted to pass around a sheave 22, mounted on the bail 23 of the bucket 13. The bucket B is provided with projections or lugs 24 on each side thereof below the trunnions 23 for the bail 23, and the one end of the cable 21, after passing over one of the sheaves 20, is attached to a post on the outer end 1 of said boom 1, while its opposite end is connected to a suitable drum on the tower, (not shown,) which drum can be operated by any suitable engine ormotor on the boom or tower. A cable 26 is placed within the hold 0 of the boat a and is connected to a pin 27 on one of the upright members '7 of the frame A. The ,cable 26 passes around sheaves 28, located adjacent to the sides a of the boat a, and around a sheave 29, located at one side of the hatchway b, and is connected to a drum on the tower and operated by the engine or motor. (Not shown.)

The use and operation of my improved apparatus for handling materials in boats are as follows: The boat is shown at a and is provided with the usual hatchway 1), opening into the hold 0 of the boat a, which boat a can be run alongside of a dock, shore, or another boat having the tower thereon carrying the boom 1, and when it is desired to remove the material from within the hold 0 of the boat a the trolley 2, carrying the swinging frame A, and the trolley 16, carrying the bucket B, are moved out on the boom 1 by means of the engine or motor, through the medium of the cables 6 and 19, to the position shown in Fig. 1 over the hatchwayb of the boat a. After this is accomplished the swinging frame A can be lowered through the hatchway b into the hold 0 of the boat a to the position adjacent to the material (shown at U in Fig. 1) by means of the engine or mo- 23 of the bucket B and over the sheaves 2O on the frame 17 of the trolley 16. W hen the bucket B, with the lugs 24:, reaches the lower curved ends 12 of the upright members 7 of the frame A, the said lugs 24 will be directed by the projections 14 on the ends 12 to pass into the curved slots 14 on said curved ends 12 and travel to the rear of the same, which will cause said bucket B to tilt down to the position shown in such dotted lines, Fig. 1, and be in position to gather the material within the hold 0 of the boat a. WVhen the swinging frame A and the bucket B are in these positions and it is desired to gather the material 0 within the bucket B, all that is necessary is to place the cable 26 within the hold a of the boat at around the sheaves 28 and 29 and connect the said cable to the pin 27 on the member 7 of the frame A, when by hauling on the cable 26 by means of the engine or motor connected thereto will cause the frame A to move and swing and fill the bucket B with the material 0 in the hold 0 of the boat a, and after this is accomplished the bucket B containing the material can. be raised by means of the cable 21, connected to the drum operated by the engine or motor and passing over the sheaves 20 on the frame 17 of the trolley 16 and around the sheave 22 on the bail 23 of the bucket B. This will cause the bucket B to resume its upright position and allow the lugs 2 thereon to disengage from one of the slots 14 in the curved end 12 of the upright members 7 and allow the bucket containing the material to be raised out of the hold 0 of the boat Ct through the hatchway Z) and up to the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, when said trolley 16, carrying the bucket B, can be moved toward the inner or tower end of the boom 1 by means of the cable 19, connected to each end of the frame 17 on the trolley 16 and passing around the sheaves 19 to the drum operated by the engine or motor and the material within the bucket B discharged into bins, cars, piles, &c., on the dock, shore, or other point desired. After the material has been discharged from the bucket B it can be run out again on the boom 1 and lowered into the members 7 of the swinging frame A for another operation, and this frame A can remain down within the hatchway b of the hold 0 until all material adjacent to such hatchway is removed, when the cable 26 can be disconnected from the pin 27 on the frame A and such frame raised by the cables 10 from the engine or motor, so that the boom 1 and frame A can be shifted to another hatchway in the boat a and such frame A lowered into the hold 0 thereof to permit the bucket B to be lowered to the material adjacent to such hatchway for engaging with and removing the same by the operations before described. In case it is desired to collect or scrape any materials which the bucket B might not reach adjacent to the sides a in the hold 0 of the boat a the cable 26 can be provided with the scraping devices D D, which are placed within such cable and consist of the frames 30, having each of their ends connected by such cable 26, and hinged scrapers 31 are mounted on the frames 30, which are adapted to engage with stops 32 on said frames 30 in their backward move ments. The operation of these scrapers D D is as follows: The engine or motor connected to the cable 26 being started will act to move said cable 26 so that the frames 30, carrying the scrapers 31, will travel backward and forward from the sides a of the boat a and cause the material adjacent to such sides to be scraped by one of said scrapers 31 in its movement toward and under the bucket B on the swinging frame A to be gathered and removed by such bucket, which engaging scraper 31 will be held in position in its forward movement for scraping the material by the stop 32 on the frame adjacent to such hinged scraper 31. In the backward movement of the scrapers 31 the said scrapers will not engage with any material so scraped or collected on account of their being pivoted or hinged to the frames 30, and they will not engage with the stops 32, but will ride or pass over any such scraped or collected material and be always in position to engage or scrape the material in the forward movements of the same, and in both movements of the scrapers 31 the cable 26, connecting the ends of the frames 30, will he rigidly held to the frame A by the pin 27. It will be evident that the bucket B can engage with the material on either side of the members 7 on the swinging frame A by the use of the curved slots let on each side of the end 12 on such upright members 7 of the frame A and that, if desired, one or both of the curved slots 14 can be formed in a hinged portion 33, as shown in Fig. 8, which portion 33 is pivoted at 3% to one side of the end 12 on the upright members '7, and a bar 35 is pivoted at 36 to said hinged portion 33, while its opposite end 37 is provided with a slot 38 for fitting around a pin 39 on the upright members '7 of the frame A, and in this case i the hinged portion will permit the bucket to ride freely over any rigid or fixed obstruction within the hold of a boat and avoid injury to the parts. It will also be evident that the boom 1 can be supported at its outer end 1 by any suitable extension from the boat a to relieve the stress on the tower from the boom and that the frame A can engage with the rear end of a bucket B, suspended by hoisting-lines B, such as is shown in Fig. t, which lines pass over sheaves in the bucket-trolley 16 and are connected to the drum and engine or motor in the tower to swing said bucket and gather the material therein, after which said bucket B can be raised and dumped by the operations before described. iVhile the device is shown as applied to a boat-hold, it is evident that the same can be used elsewhere, such as in bins, receptacles, storage-heaps, time. These and various other modifications in the construction and design of the various parts of the apparatus may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ahoistingapparatuscomprisingabucket or scoop suspended by a cable, and a swinging frame normally free from but adapted to engage with said bucket to move and fill the same.

2. A hoisting apparatus comprising a swinging frame, and a bucket or scoop suspended by a cable from a trolley and adapted to come in contact with and be moved by said frame and be filled by the swinging of said frame.

3. The combination with a boat, of a scoop or bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, and means within said hold adapted to come in contact with said bucket to swing the same and gather the material therein.

4. The combination with aboat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, and means within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket as it is lowered into the hold to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein.

5. The combination with a boat, of abucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, and a swinging frame extending within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket as it is lowered into the hold to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein.

6. The combination with a boat, of a bucket having projections thereon and adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, and a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with the projections on said bucket as it is lowered into the hold to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein.

'7. The combination with a boat, of a bucket having projections thereon and adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, and a swinging frame within said hold having slots therein adapted to engage with the projections on said bucket as it is lowered into the hold to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein.

The combination with a boat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket as it is lowered into the hold to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein, and means for swinging said frame.

9. The combination with a boat, of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket as it is lowered into the hold to tilt and swing the same, and means within the hold of said boat for swinging said frame.

10. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein, and a cable within said hold and connected to said swinging frame to swing the same.

11. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket to tilt and swing the same to gather the ma terial therein, and a cable within said hold passing around sheaves therein and connected to said swinging frame to swing the same.

12. The combination withaboat,ofabucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold, and projections on said bucket adapted to engage with seats or slots in said frame to tilt said bucket and swing it to gather the material therein.

' 13. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold, and projections on said bucket adapted to engage with curved seats or slots in said frame to tilt said bucket and swing it to gather the material therein.

14. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame having side members within said hold, projections on said bucket adapted to engage with seats or slots in the lower end of said side members, and a hinged or pivoted portion on the lower end of said side members containing said seats or slots.

15. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be'lowered'and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame having side members within said hold, projections on said bucket adapted to engage with seats or slots in the lower end of said side members, a hinged or pivoted portion on the lower end of said side members containing said seats or slots, and a bar pivoted to said hinged portion and engaging by a slot therein with a pin on the side members.

16. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein, and scraping devices within said hold adapted to move with said frame and scrape the material toward the bucket.

17. The combination with a boat,of a bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein, a cable within said hold and connected to said frame for swinging the same, and scraping devices on said cable adapted to move with the frame and scrape the material toward the bucket.

18. The combination with a boat,ofa bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein, a cable within said hold and connected to said frame for swinging the frame, frames on said cable, and a hinged or pivoted scraper on said frames adapted to move with said swinging frame and scrape the material toward the bucket.

19. The combination with a boat,ofa bucket adapted to be lowered and raised to and from the hold of said boat, a swinging frame within said hold adapted to engage with said bucket to tilt and swing the same to gather the material therein, a cable within said hold and connected to said frame for swinging the same, frames on said cable, a hinged or pivoted scraper on said frames adapted to move with said swinging frame and scrape the material toward the bucket, and a stop on said frames adapted to hold said scraper in position for operating.

In testimony whereof I, the said ALFRED M. ACKLIN, have hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED M. ACKLIN.

Witnesses J. N. CooKE, J. L. TREFALLER, Jr. 

